
I cannot agree with comrade Yegorov. It is precisely he who has violated the congress statute, precisely he who denies the clause concerning imperative mandates{84}. I have no doubt about the existence of the Organizational Committee, just as I have no doubt about the existence of the *Iskra* organization. It too has its own organization and its own statute. But as soon as the congress statute was presented, it declared to its delegates that they have complete freedom of action at the congress. What position are we in—we members of the commission for verification of the congress composition, who yesterday heard two members of the Organizational Committee, comrades Stein and Pavlovich, and who are now hearing a completely new proposal. There are experienced comrades here who have more than once participated in international congresses. These comrades could tell you all about what a storm of indignation such a phenomenon always provokes—when people say one thing in commissions and another at the congress.


The Organizational Committee may convene, but not as a collegial body influencing the affairs of the congress. The practical activity of the Organizational Committee does not cease; only its influence on the congress, outside the commission, ceases.
